A fifth-generation Texan, Harvard Medical School professor and former Rhodes Scholar has been named the sole finalist to be the next president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Chancellor Kent Hance announced Thursday. John Baldwin, who will work in Lubbock should he accept the position, will oversee all six Health Sciences Centers, including the Amarillo campus and its Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy and Allied Health.

State law requires a school to give 21 days' notice of a meeting during which final action is taken on an individual's employment. The appointment can become final on or after July 19. A board of regents search committee selected Baldwin from a pool of 70 candidates after a national search. Baldwin, 58, currently serves as a professor of surgery at Harvard University and president and chief executive of the Immune Disease Institute, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.